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The family of a repair technician killed in an auto parts factory accident is suing five robotics companies they say are responsible.
In a suit [PDF] filed to the Western Michigan US District Court this week, the family of Wanda Holbrook claims that the companies that built, installed, and maintained the robotics at a trailer hitch assembly plant should be held liable for her fatal accident at the plant in 2015.
According to the lawsuit, Holbrook, a journeyman technician, was performing routine maintenance on one of the robots on the trailer hitch assembly line when the unit unexpectedly activated and attempted to load a part into the unit being repaired, crushing Holbrook's head.
Now Holbrook's estate is suing the three companies that built the robots (Fanuc America, Nachi Robotic, and Lincoln Electric) for failing to design adequate safeguards and protections into the robots. They're also suing two other companies that installed and maintained the unit (Flex-N-Gate, Prodomax) for failing to prevent an accident they say would have been avoided had safety been a higher priority.
(Score: 3, Touché) by DeathMonkey on Tuesday March 14 2017, @08:14PM
When I was but 12, a theater's deal with the junior high school;
was run once a month, a film, a classical jewel.
One had a scene I really remember.
'Twas a military town, South, in December.
Things were quite regimented, conformist to boot.
(You never would have guessed that, am I right, you fruit)
A scene in A Tale of Two Cities about vehicular man-slaughter.
Alas, it was only a 99 percenter's daughter.
The asshole blows it off, assuming it's nothing.
That night, the kid's dad breaks in, furiously frothing.
A massive cheer went up from the crowd when his hand plunged down.
That's when I knew the '60s had arrived in my town.